Smoking prevalence by entity, smoking status, gender and age group, 2019
| Current smokers (%) | Former smokers* (%) | |||||
| 35+ | 35–54 | 55–64 | 65–74 | 75+ | 35+ | |
| BiH | 43.3 | 52.3 | 39.0 | 35.2 | 10.4 | 11.5 |
| Male | 53.3 | 61.0 | 48.3 | 53.1 | 14.5 | 13.1 |
| Female | 33.3 | 43.9 | 31.0 | 13.9 | 4.4 | 9.8 |
| Entity: RS | ||||||
| Male | 60.1 | 69.8 | 53.9 | 59.8 | 25.3 | 8.0 |
| Female | 27.2 | 37.7 | 33.0 | 24.8*† | 19.7 | 18.1 |
| Entity: FBiH and BD | ||||||
| Male | 49.1 | 56.5 | 45.2 | 47.3 | 5.5 | 16.2 |
| Female | 36.2 | 46.9 | 30.2 | 24.8 | 5.5†‡ | 5.8 |
Source: Mićić et al (2020).32
*Sample size for former smokers was too small to estimate prevalence by age group.
†Sample size too small so the same estimate assumed as in FBiH.
‡Sample size too small so the same estimate assumed as for male adults aged 75+.
BD, Brcko District; BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina; FBiH, Federation of BiH; RS, Republic of Srpska.